TY  - BOOK
AU  - Palmer,James T.
TI  - The Apocalypse in the early Middle Ages
SN  - 9781316084144 (ebook)
AV  - BT877 .P35 2014
U1  - 236/.90902 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - End of the world
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Middle Ages, 600-1500
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Civilization, Medieval
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); How the world ends -- The end of civilisation (c. AD 380-c. AD 575) -- The new urgency (c. AD 550   -c. AD 604) -- The ends of time and space (c. AD 600-c. AD 735) -- Pseudo-Methodius and the problem of evil (c. AD 680-c. AD 800) -- Charlemagne, Pater Europae (c. AD 750-c. 820) -- A golden age in danger (c. AD 820-c. AD 911) -- The year 1000 and other Apocalypticisms (c. AD 400-c. AD 1033) -- The end (c. AD 400-c. AD 1033)
N2  - This groundbreaking study reveals the distinctive impact of apocalyptic ideas about time, evil and power on church and society in the Latin West, c.400-c.1050. Drawing on evidence from late antiquity, the Frankish kingdoms, Anglo-Saxon England, Spain and Byzantium and sociological models, James Palmer shows that apocalyptic thought was a more powerful part of mainstream political ideologies and religious reform than many historians believe. Moving beyond the standard'Terrors of the Year 1000', The Apocalypse in the Early Middle Ages opens up broader perspectives on heresy, the Antichrist and Last World Emperor legends, chronography, and the relationship between eschatology and apocalypticism. In the process, it offers reassessments of the worlds of Augustine, Gregory of Tours, Bede, Charlemagne and the Ottonians, providing a wide-ranging and up-to-date survey of medieval apocalyptic thought. This is the first full-length English-language treatment of a fundamental and controversial part of medieval religion and society
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316084144
ER  -